Good morning, its a really horrible grey damp day here today so I'm going to stay in and get on with some more Christmas cards but before I settle down to some crafting I thought I'd share a little Christmas pin I made using beads from my stash and stamps from Chocolate Baroque's themeplates Pears and Baubles and The Gift of Christmas.
The snowflakes and trees were stamped in brilliance ink and dusted with mica powder on shrink plastic, I punched holes with my crop-o-dile before shrinking them and then added tiny dots of stickles for some sparkle. Its not a very good photo so the sparkle doesn't show up too well.
I'm entering this in the following challenges:
Allsorts:Its a gift
Crafty Catz: let's have sparkle
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge: Something more than 6 months old
(beads and shrink plastic)
Sweet Pea Stampers: gifts
I hope you're enjoying your weekend so far.
Thanks for popping by today
Claire xx
These are so gorgeous! Don't know if you are planning on these being Christmas gifts but I bet they would delight everybody,
ReplyDeleteLucy x
That's gorgeous - thanks for sharing it for my CHNC challenge 99 - hope to see you again soon. x
ReplyDeleteHow clever! Hope all is well. Best wishes, Yvonne
ReplyDeleteSame weather here Claire and confess to some inky indulgence here as well.
ReplyDeleteThis is a gorgeous pin, not something I've ever thought about with my beads, just proves my point crafting's an ongoing learning curve.
Thanks so much for sharing with us at Allsorts this week.
B x
Claire, that's an amazing pin.
ReplyDeleteThis is a lovely Christmas pin Claire
ReplyDeleteJackie x
What a beautiful pin Claire. Very clever with the shrink plastic - I've never tried that. Nicola x
ReplyDeleteThe shine on the snowflakes is lovely & I love the glittery effect on those little trees. A lovely little gift & quite an unusual idea.
ReplyDeletePaula (PEP)
Very pretty pins, Claire! I just love shrink plastic and these trees of yours would also make such nice earrings! Have fun!
ReplyDeleteIt was a lovely sunny day here yesterday after rain overnight so looks like we had the best of the weather.
ReplyDeleteYour pin is gorgeous and will make a lovely gift for someone.
Beryl xx
wow this is superb love the decoration you have acheived and many thanks for joining us at CRAFTY CATZ this week a worthy entry hug ssassyxxxx
ReplyDeleteClaire, what a gorgeous Christmas pin you have made. Thanks for taking part in the Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge this month and best of luck. We hope to see you back again very soon. Best wishes, Kym, Sweet Pea Stampers Design Team xxx
ReplyDeletebeautiful creation, thanks for joining in with our challenge at CC x carol
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning Claire, just love it. Thank you for joining us at Allsorts this week for our It's a Gift challenge x
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice Christmas pin you've made!
ReplyDeleteThis is so beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for playing at The Sweet Pea Stampers xx
Wow, this pin is genius! So class ...
ReplyDeleteThis is a wonderful idea!
Rosi x